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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 471701" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>My son uses Clonidine...both that and Intuniv (which is long acting tenex i think right??) are blood pressure medications that have an effect of calming for some people. For my son with Autism, who has extreme anxiety...(it is the thing that triggers most everything else because when he is anxious he can't access what he needs to think thru things or stop impulses)... Anyway for him it is the magic answer for most of his aggression. It does not take the anxiety away but he copes better. Using Ritalin helps him with his impulsive issues. Prozac helps the anxiety a tiny bit, but mostly helped him access normal emotions (he rarely cried, smiled, laughed, anything...he started giving hugs and saying I love you on Prozac, but the anxiety, still an issue). Turns out he was having seizures nearly all day and night and they are the kind that affect feelings and behaivor so....working on getting those in better control. If I had to get rid of everything and keep one medication....I might have to say the Clonidine is the keeper....</p><p>We are considering switching to Tenex/Intuniv in case it will give us more coverage at a lower dose (mine is on a huge dose of clonidine....more than any adult they have)...but we would do that in summer.</p><p></p><p>As a mom who has had to deal with a lot of medications and trying things and having terrible reactions etc.... I would highly suggest you do not start any medications until you have at least a weekend, if not a longer break (like wait till thanksgiving break) to try a new medication or to increase doses. You want to be able to watch for any side effects or negative reactions at home first.</p><p></p><p>welcome to the board...tell us more about your guy! it is great to get to know you...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 471701, member: 12886"] My son uses Clonidine...both that and Intuniv (which is long acting tenex i think right??) are blood pressure medications that have an effect of calming for some people. For my son with Autism, who has extreme anxiety...(it is the thing that triggers most everything else because when he is anxious he can't access what he needs to think thru things or stop impulses)... Anyway for him it is the magic answer for most of his aggression. It does not take the anxiety away but he copes better. Using Ritalin helps him with his impulsive issues. Prozac helps the anxiety a tiny bit, but mostly helped him access normal emotions (he rarely cried, smiled, laughed, anything...he started giving hugs and saying I love you on Prozac, but the anxiety, still an issue). Turns out he was having seizures nearly all day and night and they are the kind that affect feelings and behaivor so....working on getting those in better control. If I had to get rid of everything and keep one medication....I might have to say the Clonidine is the keeper.... We are considering switching to Tenex/Intuniv in case it will give us more coverage at a lower dose (mine is on a huge dose of clonidine....more than any adult they have)...but we would do that in summer. As a mom who has had to deal with a lot of medications and trying things and having terrible reactions etc.... I would highly suggest you do not start any medications until you have at least a weekend, if not a longer break (like wait till thanksgiving break) to try a new medication or to increase doses. You want to be able to watch for any side effects or negative reactions at home first. welcome to the board...tell us more about your guy! it is great to get to know you... [/QUOTE]
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